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J. M. TREAT.

FISH TRAP.

No. 363,263. Patented May 17, 1887.

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JAMES M. TREAT, or` sTocKToN, MAINE.

FISH-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,263, dated May 17, 1837.

Application filed March 10,1887. Serial No. 230,412. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. TREAT, a citizen of the United States of America, rcsiding at Stockton, in the county of Valdoand State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish-Traps; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which Vit appertains to make and use the saine, refer-4 l is obviated; and with the above end in view my invention consists in the construction and combination, as will be hereinafter fully set vfortlnand specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,which illustrate my invention, Figure lis a plan view of a iish weir or pound constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken through t-he line xm of Fig. l.

A refers to the leader, which may be constructed in the usual manner, said leader con-.I

sisting of a suitable obstruction, which is supported by stakes, said leader terminating at a point opposite the center of the heart, as is usual in stationary pounds of a character similar to my invention.

B refers to the heart, which is provided with openings b b, adjacent to the leader, through which the sh passte enter the same. This heart is attached to vertical stakes and extends from the bottom to a point above the surface of the water, the lower ends of these stakes being planted,while the upper ends are connected to each other by suitable beams. The heart B is provided with a vertical opening at its point, which opening extends from the upper portion of the saine to a slight distance above thebottom, the lower portion of the opening, as shown at b', from the bottom to the i'loor of the rst pound, being closed by suitable netting. t

G refers to a series of piles or stakes, which extend from the heart substantially parallel with each other, the ends being connected by a series of vertical posts, C. The upper ends of these posts G and C are connected to each other by Va'suitable frame, while the lower ends are driven into the ground, and the up` per portions of these posts G and C to apoint corresponding with the depth of thc third pound or pot, H,arc covered by asuitable netting.

D refers to a suitable frame, which extends from t-he point of the heart above the transverse netting b to a point beyond the first pound, and this frame-work is suitably attached to the vertical piles, and is provided with a floor, E, from 'which side wings, E, extend vertically, these side wings extending to the upper edge of the structure. The vertical wings E and E converge toward each other, and from a point on a line with the iioor ofthe next pound to the top ofthe pound an opening is provided, through which the iish may pass from the iirst pound to the second. rIhe second pound, F, is constructed in a similar manner, and is provided with a floor which is supported on a suitable frame-work, the opening from said pound leading into the last pound or pot, H. The floors of these different pounds arelocated with respect to the rise and fall of the tide, and they are of sufficient strength and durability to support the weight of' one or more persons.

The upper portion of the pound is designed to be located at a point a slight distance above high water, so that the floor ofthe pound or pot H will be near the low-water level,and the next pound, F, has its iioor lower than the floor of the pound H, while the door of the iirst pot is located at a considerable distance below the low-water level. f

The fish enter the heart as in pounds constructed in the usual manner,and according to the height of the tide enter the first pound, and from thence to the second and then to the pot, according to the stage of the tide. Near low roo' until low tide. By thus constructing the two or more pounds rigidlysupported on piles pounds, draw-nets and other movable structand connected to the main pound or heart, ures are obviated, and breakage of such nets said pounds being connected to each other by` 15 and consequent loss of fish is obviated. openings,and provided with floors at different 5 I claimlevels, said ioors being supported on a rigid 1. In a ish-trap or Weir having Walls of frame-work, substantially as shown7 and for netting, a series of pounds the floors of which the purpose set forth. f are arranged stepwise at different levels, each pound opening into the next higher one, sub- JAMES M' 'TREAT' 1o stantially as shown, and for the purpose set Witnesses:

forth. L. M. PARTRIDGE,

2. In a Weir or sh trap, the combination of W. F. GRIFFIN. 

